90, Lot: 35. Estimate $150. Sold for $96. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PARTHIA. Artabanos II. April 75 - 62/1 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.06 gm). Rhagae mint. Diademed bust left / Arsakes I seated right on throne, holding bow; cloak sleeve ends in pellet below seat. Sellwood 30.16 (Unknown king); Shore 134 (Orodes I); BMC Parthia pg. 39, 12. Nice VF, toned, areas of light encrustation. Unusual obverse style for Rhagae; typical of Nisa mint specimens.

From the Bellaria Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XXI (26 June 1992), lot 174.

It is not unusual for die engravers to transfer between mints in this period of Parthian numismatics.

See lot 34 for further notes on the reign and coinage of this king.